35+ TTC#1 Thread 4

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We're very close to maxing-out our previous thread, so time to start afresh 🙂

To borrow the intro from @Blondcat (our old threads founder):

A wonderful bunch of ladies supporting each other through the ttc journey when trying for a first baby after 35.

Good luck all!! 🍀🤞🏻🍀🤞🏻

@Chelonia I don’t think that’s a bad result at all - mine was only 26 but we conceived naturally the following month. Fingers crossed for you.

Ah cool, thanks @Darkstar4855 !
I went to the Dr yesterday about my back and started quizzing him about whether the progesterone was too borderline. He rolled his eyes in a tolerant and patient way 🤔😂😂😂

Welcome @ladybranstonpickle , this is definitely still the thread for you, January is right around the corner!! Exciting times! How are you doing your "prep"? Vitamins, exercise, cutting out alcohol and sugar except during Christmas ? I'm only taking vitamins and mooted imposing a limit of one bottle of wine per week to DP last night, it didn't go down very well!! I also suggested (after absentmindedly eating a brie sandwich yesterday while I'm in the TWW!) that maybe we shouldn't have unpasteurized cheese in the house at all as I clearly can't be trusted to keep a hypothetical foetus alive and the look on his face was murderous 😂

Hehe @Chelonia - my GP has that ‘tolerant’ look too 🙈😁

Af has arrived today, so I’m focusing on being healthy again (popping the vitamins, eating better and will get back to my exercise classes soon) before the next cycle of ttc. Dh has finally moved back into the bedroom, but still reckons i’m a biohazard 😂 He gave me a very chaste kiss on the forehead before bed lol. Small steps.

Well I have started spotting this morning. I usually spot before AF for 3 days. Af due tomorrow. It’s light brown at the moment and no cramping.

I really hope this isn’t a CP. ☹️

@chelonia
Thank you :)

Yes January is coming fairly soon. I've always taken a multivit and added folic acid a couple of months ago. I also take cq10. Read about it in the It Starts With The Egg book so thought it wouldnt hurt.

I started a new job in April and joined the gym then, I go very consistently and am pleased with my progess. It's amazing how motivating the thought of a baby is rather than just vanity!

I'm not a big drinker and usually a very healthy eater although this week has been very bad for my chocolate consumption will turn over a new leaf on Monday!!

What are everyone's plans for the weekend?

@ladybranstonpickle I'm turning 38 in November too, you're in good company here- and as another poster says, January is just around the corner!

@MrsRRC have you been able to do another test today to see if it's still a strong line? Fingers crossed it's just a random pregnancy thing and nothing else. Sorry you've had a stressful start to the day, not fun.

Sorry to hear that @MrsRRC, I know how worrying it can be. I bled the day after my BFP but also had cramps. I thought it was all over before it started, but I know it can go either way.

I spoke to the EPU near me and explained that I found out very early and that AF was due tomorrow and she said early testing was a very bad idea because it’s possible to produce hcg without the egg implanting properly, but brown spotting was very common in early pregnancy so it could be implantation bleeding or just spotting or the start of my period. I’m to see how I go over the weekend and call back Monday if things get worse.

Sorry meant to say thanks @kescilly and @NotMaryWhitehouse

I think I will just wait and see what happens over the weekend any maybe test on Monday if I need to.

Oops. New thread. I thought you had all gone quiet and was impressed you were having a break from thinking about it all ;)

@MrsRRC fingers firmly crossed for you. x

@mrsrrc I suppose you just have to wait and see what happens, but it is the not knowing that is the worst. I really feel for you, but I am keeping my fingers crossed and sending positive thoughts that everything sticks and you stay pregnant. You hear so many tales of spotting in the first few weeks.

@beeseeinya !!! Indeed. I used to stay off forums, but now I find this is a way that I can think about things in a constructive way and putting my thought down helps me - at least for now.

@ladybranstonpickle - welcome along. You sound fabulous getting ready so well. I never thought to do any of those things when I was TTC the first time (before MMC) but now I am on Vit D, CQ10, Conception vitamin, baby aspirin as well as the Chinese herbs I wa given! I have also massively upped my intake of spinach, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds which are meant to be good for conception. I have also reduced my alcohol consumption but only marginally and it fluctuates. I have been on half term this week and away and now my Mum is here so it has been higher again.

I am on 13DPO here, CD27. FF friend says I ovulated CD15 but I think it might have been 16. Not sure. I do have some mild cramps today which I think could be AF on it's way. However, I do feel really positive this month and feel it is my time. I also still don't have any spotting which is also a good sign. And my temps are still up. And my boobs are very tender and have never been this tender. But I also know that it potentially doesn't mean anything.

I really want to test, but I can't face the thought of it being negative. It's weird, as if AF comes along I will still be really disappointed and upset, but not as bad as facing a stark white pregnancy test. But if I tested at least I would know one way or the other and then can move on.

In the first few cycles post MC I tested. Then I went to no testing and waiting for AF and last month I went back to a test..........argghhhhh! I am going to try and hold off until at least tomorrow.

Thanks @LeonieKate

I spoke to the nurse at the Early Pregnancy Unit and she said that it is very common around the time of the period and in early pregnancy to have spotting and that brown spotting means it’s old blood so it could be implantation bleeding, and to see how I go over the weekend and that testing early is a really bad idea because it can be misleading and could be a chemical pregnancy.

She said to call on Monday if there are any changes.

Sorry for tmi girls but it seems to have calmed down a little but it’s hard to tell because I have been sitting down and been back and forth to the loo about 6 times since I got to work - I can’t seem to stop peeing but could well be nerves.

@MrsRRC on my conception cycle, I had light, pale brown spotting from AF due date -1 until AF+2 and I think it was maybe implantation (or just body having a clearoyt. Fingers crossed for you!

Clearout obv*

Thank you @edidxb

You girls are all just so lovely.

@Melamine thank you so much for telling me about that. It is the best I can hope for at the moment.

@MrsRRC I have my fingers and my toes crossed!

@MrsRRC everything crossed for you!

@mrsrrc I have fingers crossed for you. Early pregnancy is such a scary and lonely time.

I have reached my furthest I have been pregnant milestone today whoop, bloody knackered and the nausea is coming in waves had a couple of dashes to the loo just in case and need to eat little and often to stave it off a bit. Really feeling positive though.

Ah @Blondcat that’s absolutely fantastic news. So please for you.

As if today could could get any worse. The midwife rang to arrange my booking in appointment and I had to explain that I wasn’t sure I needed it anymore. I think I might just go to bed and start again tomorrow. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Thanks @Russkispy x

@MrsRRC actually, an early night and some proper rest is probably a good thing! Get something good on Netflix and some snacks and try your best to relax, if you possibly can.